| TownlandGives the townland (name spelt as in TTPBI Index) in
which the site is (or is thought to be) located. | Rathfarnham |
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| ParishGives the civil (not ecclesiastical) parish in which the townland is situated. | Rathfarnham |
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| DeaneryThis records the rural deanery (a sub-division of the diocese) to which the parish belongs. | Taney |
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| DioceseThis records the medieval (not necessarily the same as the modern) diocese in which the foundation lies. | Dublin |
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| BaronyGives the modern barony (as in TTPBI Index the baronies were rationalised in 19thC) in which the townland and civil parish are situated. | Rathdown |
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| CountyGives the county in which the barony lies. | Dublin |
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| ProvinceGives both the civil province in which the county lies and the ecclesiastical province to which the diocese belongs. | Leinster; Dublin |
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| Recorded HistoryThis concerns the subsequent history of the site, with emphasis on pre-Norman (or early post-Norman) native sources mainly annals but also including medieval ecclesiastical records (charters or taxations), English Crown documents and, on occasion, modern sources (especially surveys or maps, which may mark the location of lost sites or illuminate placenames). | Chr.Ch.ds 1225 (no. 36); Alen's Reg c.1280, 1307, 1372; Cal.Doc.Ire 1295 |
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| GenderThis seeks to classify foundations as male or female based on the gender of the reputed founder, the later succession-record or the placename of the site. | male? |
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| Field RemainsRecords physical remains of sites, whether visible in the field or accessed through excavation. Precedence is given to features considered to be characteristic of the Early Christian/pre-Reform era, such as enclosures, (especially circular or oval), cross-slabs, high-crosses, bullauns and raised areas — with round towers and church remains further down the list unless there is a strong case for doing otherwise. | eccl site; grave-slab ('Rathdown'; type, pre 12thC); ch ruin (early mod?) |
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| BibliographyMentions secondary references (sometimes very select indeed) to the site concerned. Some contain detailed discussion, others (especially where little else seems to be available) only the briefest mentions. For details see the Bibliography page. | Ball 1903, II, 152; Hogan 1910, 571; Breen 1981, 120-3; Turner 1983, [54] (no. 45); Stout 1992, 36; Corlett 1999, 45; MacShamhráin 2005a, 123 n.37, 137 |
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